The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if pleasure-oriented exercise intensity manipulation increases physical activity (PA) behavior in patients who have suffered acute coronary syndrome during a cardiac rehabilitation program. The main question it aims to answer is: • the manipulation of exercise intensity performed to produce more pleasure and arousal will impact the PA behavior? Researchers will compare the PA levels and affective responses to see if the manipulation of exercise intensity guided to pleasure and arousal works to increase PA behavior compared to the control group who will follow a conventional exercise program. Participants will do: * sixteen individualized hospital exercise sessions (two per week) and complementary physical activity program integrated into their daily life * be evaluated before and at the end of the exercise sessions and after 3 months
Age range
18 Years
Sex
ALL
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Physical activity levels by International Physical Activity Questionnaire - Short Form
Timeframe: At baseline (the week before phase 2 cardiac rehabilitation program), end of the intervention (first week after the intervention) and at 3 months after it
Affective responses in exercise sessions phase 2 cardiac rehabilitation program - Felt Arousal Scale
Timeframe: During all exercise sessions (twice a week for 8 weeks) will be administered at 10-min intervals during the aerobic activity; immediately after the fourth and eighth resistance exercises set and in the last 15 sec of the set of the fifth stretch exercise
Physical activity levels by accelerometry
Timeframe: At baseline (the week before phase 2 cardiac rehabilitation program), end of the intervention (first week after the intervention) and at 3 months after it
Affective responses in exercise sessions phase 2 cardiac rehabilitation program - Feeling Scale
Timeframe: During all exercise sessions (twice a week for 8 weeks) will be administered at 10-min intervals during the aerobic activity; immediately after the fourth and eighth resistance exercises set and in the last 15 sec of the set of the fifth stretch exercise